Anne Bancroft
Anne Bancroft is an Oscar Award-winning American actress, writer and director who appeared in Don't Bother to Knock, The Pumpkin Eater and The Graduate. She also starred in The Miracle Worker movie as Annie Sullivan for which she won her first nomination for Best Actress.
Fast Facts
- Birth name: Anna Maria Louisa Italiano1
- Born: September 17, 19312
- Died: June 6, 20053
- Cause of death: Uterine cancer3
- Birthplace: The Bronx, New York, USA
- Spouse: Mel Brooks2
- Son: Maximillian
- Also known as Broadway's favorite babe in William Gibson's Two for the Seesaw4
- Won 1962 Best Actress Oscar for The Miracle Worker and Won 1964 Best Actress Golden Globe for The Pumpkin Eater5
- Debut movie: Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
Notable Roles
- Lyn Lesley in Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
- Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker (1962)
- Jo Armitage in The Pumpkin Eater (1964)
- Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate (1967)
- Emma Jacklin in The Turning Point (1977)
- Mother Miriam Ruth in Agnes of God (1985)
- Thelma Cates in Night, Mother (1986)
- Bea Singer in Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
- Adele Larson Home for the Holidays (1995)
- Ms. Dinsmoor in Great Expectations (1998)
Quotes
"If you marry the wrong person for the wrong reasons, then no matter how hard you work, it's never going to work, because then you have to completely change yourself, completely change them, completely - by that time, you're both dead."6
"There are always good parts. They may not pay what you want, and they may not have as many days' work as you want, they may not have the billing that you want, they may not have a lot of things, but - the content of the role itself - I find there are many roles."6
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